Improvement in steam-plows



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Steam P|ow.\

No. 2 Patented June 2 5, 1861.

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No. 3552?@ y Patented June 25, 1861.

N,PETEH5, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASMINGTCIN, D C.

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No. 321,652: s F l Paltentedjunev 25, 1861.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM-PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,652, dated June 25,1861.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GYRUS W. SALADEE, of the county of Jeii'erson andState of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSteam-Blows; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of rotary plows ofa peculiar con struction and arrangement, and of the different modes ofraising, lowering, and driving them 5 ot' thc-arrangement of the seedingapparatus; in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofthedriving-drums; of the position and arrangement ofthe tank, boiler, andWoodboxes 5 in the employment of rotary harrows ot' a peculiarconstruction and arrangement, and of the mode of raising, lowering, anddriving them; of the construction and arrangement of the steeringapparatus, and of the mode of constructing and arranging the ash-pan.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will nowproceed to describe its construction and operation.

O11 reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure l is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 isa plan with some of the parts removed and some in section. Fig. 3 is anend view, looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1, with some ofthe parts removed and some in section. Fig. 4 is a section through theline l 2, looking in the direction of the arrow,Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation; Fig. 6, an end view, looking in the direction of the arrow,Fig. 5; and Fig. 7, a plan, with some of the parts in section, of anapparatus for raising and lowering the plows.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

A and A' are two wrought-iron beams, forming the main frame of themachine.

B is a shaft, secured to the stepsD D', bolted to the beams A and A',forming the front brace ofthe machine, and carrying the drums C andO',the construction of which will be described hereinafter.

E E are two beams forming the back brace of the machine, and secured tothe beams A and A'. Upon the under side of these beams a circular plate,a, is fastened, having a projecting ring, b, upon its under side.Bearing against this ring b is a plate, c, with a worm cut upon itsface, and kept in its place by the ring e, attached to itand surroundingthe ring b, also by the pin d, passing through the two plates. Securedto the under side of the plate are four standards, ff ff, (between whichis the box 9,) held rigidly together by the plate h.

F is an axle vibrating in the box g and carrying the wheels G G. 4

i is a spring bearing upon the top of the box g, and confined by theplate4 j, secured to the standards fj'ff.

a and a' are rods secured to the sides of the plateal and fastened tothe under side of beams A and A'.

H is the boiler, placed immediately back of the drums C and C andsecured to the beams A and A.

I is the water-tank f'or supplying the boiler, extending from the boilerH to within line with the center of the shaft B and across the machine.p

J and J' are the two steam-cylinders secured to the beams A and A', andconnected, at right angles the one with the other, to the crank-wheelsKand K', attached to the shaft L.

L is the driving-shaft working in the bearings M and M', and carryingthe drivin g-pinions N and N'.

0 and O' are bars vibrating upon the projections Z and Z ofthe bearingsM and M', and fastened to the top of the platform P by the pins m and m.

Q is a shaft working in bosses cast upon the bars O and O', receivingmotion from the pinionsN and N' gearinginto the trundles R and It',fastened upon it.

S and S' are two pinions fitting loosely upon the shaft Q, and receivingits motion through the clutches u and a'.

C and C are two drums, each having two centers, o o, workin g freelyupon the shaft B, from which the arms p p radiate to the rim q. Thespace between the arms is filled in so -as to prevent the entrance ofany dirt or stones. Near the periphery of the inner side of these wheelsstart the trundles r i', supported at their outer end by the rings ssand geared into by the pinions S and S.

-T and T are the plow radius-hars, vibrating upon the projections l Z ofthe bearings Mand M and between them andthe bars O and O.

U is the plow-shaft working in the outer endv of the radius-bars T andT', and receiving motion from the crank-wheels K and K through themedium of the connecting-rods t and t and the cranks V and V. 4

W W is the side framing of the machine, a platform, P, being thrownacross its top in front of the water-tank l.

XX are the plows, arranged in sets upon the shaft, three or any othernumber that maybe practical constituting such sets. These plows aresecured to radial arms :v x, and the latter secured to the angle-ironring-brace u and the center Z of the shaft. Thevheel of these plows mustbe thrown back from the line or circle described by their points inproportion to the distance the machine advances while the plows make onerevolution, for if, on the contrary, the heel was not thus thrown backthe forward motion of the machine would causethe same to rest againstthe solid ground while passing through it, so as to check the machine orbreak some of theparts connected with the plows.

Y Y are the colters, one in front of each plow, bolted to the ring-braceu and the center Z. The point z is made to extend out beyond the linedescribed by the point ofthe plows. This must be done in order to makelthese eoltersl cut the ground at the point where the point of the plowsenter. If the machine were standing' still while these plows and coltersrevolved, then there would be no need of so extending the points of thecolters as described buttaking into consideration the fact that as lthemachine advances while the plows are revolving, the points of the plowswould strike the ground in advance of the point struck by the eolter.But let the point of the colter extend out beyond the line described bythe point of the plows the required distance, and they will be made toenter the ground just when the colter did. By this arrangement, also,either one of the plows or colters may be taken out and replaced withoutinterfering with the other.

The plows in each succeeding set are made to recede fromtheirpredecessor, as shown in Fig. 1.

1 1 are the plow raising and lowering rods, one end of which is securedto the sleeves22, working on the extensions W W of the radiusbars T andT', and the other having a threadl out upon it and screwing into thepinions 3 3.

4 4 are two stands secured to the platform P. -The bearing of thesestands is extended outwardly, upon which the bridles 5 5 oscil late. Thelower end of these bridles grasps the pinions3 3, the latter beingallowed to work freely, and the upper end bein g bored straight,

. acts as a guide to the rods 11.

6 is a hand-wheel communicating motion to the shaft workinginthebearingof the. stands 4 4, and having the bevel-gear 88 attached toeach end and giving motion to the pinions 3 3.

9 9 are beltlwheels secured to the shaft 10, working in the bearings 1land 11', and receiving motion from the crank-wheels K and K through thebelts 1.2 l2.

13 and 13 are radius-bars vibrating upon the extension 14 14 of thebear-ings 11 1l.

15 is theharrow-sha-ft, receiving motion from the shaft 10 through themedium of the chainwheels 17 17 18 1S and chain 19, and working in theouter end of the radius-bars 13 and 13.

16 16 are the harrows, forming a revolution, as shown in Fig. 1.

20 20 are the barrow raising andlowering rods, one end of which issecured to the sleeves 21 and 21, working on the extension 22 22 of theradius-bars 13 and 13', and the other to the levers 23 23, fixed to theshaft 24.

24 is a shaf tcarrying the levers 2-3 23, working in the bearings 2525,and having the wormwheel 26 attached to one end.

27 is avertical shaft working in the bearings of the standard 2S, havingthe worm 29 secured to its lower end, yand working inthe worm-wheel 26,and the hand-wheel 30, secured to its upper end.

3l 31' are wood-boxes placed upon each side of the machine, theirwidthbeing governedby the boiler and outer framing, and extending from thetank to the back end of the machine, the inside of the framing from thetank being lined.

32 is a platform extending across the ma chine, for the harrow-operatorto stand upon.

33 is a platform upon which the engineer and steersinan stand.

34 is the hand-wheel for operating the steering apparatus, and securedto the shaft 35.l

35 is a shaftworking in bearings top and bottom, and having amiter-wheel, 36, upon its lower end, gearing into a corresponding wheelupon the shaft 37.

37 is a shaft working in hearings upon each end, and giving motion tothe worm 38, gearing into the worm-plate c.

h2 is a rod for keeping the steering-wheels pedestal vertical, and atthe same time allow A itto revolve upon its center, one end beingsecured to the ash-pan immediately under the boiler, and the other end,being provided with an eye,is secured to the plate h by a pin.

7a2 is the ash-pan, situated immediately under the boiler, one end, k3,of which projects back, and from which starts the floor between thewood-boxes. The other, 7a4, extending out on one side, is provided witha cover to prevent the hot coals from dropping out, and at the same timeallow the removal of the ashes.

39 is the seed-box, made the same width as the drums C and C', andextending from the tank I to within line with the inside edge'of theshaft Q.

40 40 are the seed-drills.

1n driving the plows, instead of using the cranks, chain-gearing may beemployed, as shown in the dotted red lines.

In raising and lowering the plows the arrangement shown in Figs. 5, 6,and 7 may be .corresponding arrows.

is given to the pistons, and the shaft L caused.

to revolve through the medium of the pistonrod, connecting-rod, andcrank-wheel, transmitting motion through the pinions N and N andtrundle-wheels It and It to the shaft Q,

which in its turn transmits its motion through the clutches a and n',pinions S and S', and the trundles r r upon the drums C and G( to thesame. The drums revolve in the direction of the arrow, as likewise theother parts to their Motion is also given to the plow-shaft U throughthe connectingrods and cranks. The harrdws are also caused to revolve bythe power transmitted through the belts and chain-gearing. The plows areynow lowered to the desired depth by the operator at the hand-wheel 6,and when the seeddrills arrive at the plowed-up portion of the groundthey are allowed to distribute their seed. The harrows also are loweredto the desired depth when they reach the plowed ground.

In turning the machine round the plows and harrows are elevated, thedistribution of seed stopped. If it is desired to turn to the left, theclutch a is thrown out of gear, allowing the drum C, which now acts as apivot, to turn freely upon its shaft, and on the hand-wheel 34 beingturned to the left the machine oommences to turn.

\\'ith my arrangement of plows, in case any one of them may be broken,or from any defect it may be necessary to remove any one of them, it canbe easily accomplished by removing the bolts in the brace and the centerand supply ing the place of the broken or injured one by another. Thesame may be done with the colter.

Now, what I claim as novel, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,'is-

l. The combination ofthe several parts shown and described, for thepurpose of combining in one machine the facilities of plowing, sowingthe seed, rolling, and harrowing at one operation, as well as to performeither of those objects separate and apart from the others.

2. llhe peculiar construction and arrangement of the plows X and coltersY, Fig. l, in combination with the angle-iron ring-brace U, in themanner and for the purpose shown and described.

3. Extending the points Z of the colters Y Y, Fig. 1,out beyond the lineor circle described by the points of the plows, in the manner and forthe important purpose set forth.

4. The radius-bars O O, Fig. 1, (but more particularly shown in Fig. 3,)shaft Q Q, shifting pinions S S, in combination with the crankshaft Land revolving drums (l C, for the purpose of regulating the advance ofthe machine in proportion to the cut made upon the ground at eachrevolution of the plows, and for the additional purpose of throwing outof gear either one or both of the drums C C to facilitate the turningofthe machine, as shown and described.

GYRUS W. SALADEE. Witnesses E. A. SALADEE, R. T. WILLIs.

